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Native American music, music of the indigenous peoples of the Western Hemisphere. The Americas contain hundreds of native communities, each with its own distinctive history, language, and musical culture. These communities—although united in placing music at the centre of public life—have developed.
This recognition of mutual influence extends into the ways of understanding how music provides methodologies for living and survival. Each in-depth essay in the volume zeros in on a single genre and in so doing exposes the extraordinary whole of Native music.
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Jan 2, 2020 · For Indigenous Peoples who have lived within their traditional territories for generations, music is a repository of ecological knowledge, with songs embedding ancestors’ knowledge, teachings and...
Aug 19, 2020 · Even as Native American culture is stifled, it still holds firm through its widely-encompassing music scene. Native American music represents an attempt of cultural assimilation, blending in different genres to still cohesively deliver the messages of Native American culture.
Some of the oldest and most enduring themes, such as those listed in Merriam’s The Anthropology of Music, have included the study of native concepts about music, which in traditional cultures are often linked to cosmology and religion; the teaching and learning of music; the social behavior of musicians; the coherence of music with the other ...
Jun 30, 2021 · Change and Continuity. Essentialism. Social Activism. The ubiquity of music in cultural life, the myriad ways in which it delights and moves people, and its rich scope for cultural significance at many levels, make it an important object of inquiry for an anthropologist.
Understanding and appreciating Native American music and dance is not merely an academic pursuit—it’s an act of preserving a rich cultural heritage that continues to beat with the heart of its ancestors. It’s a world where every beat and step tells the story of a remarkable civilization.
